Senior Pharmacy Technician (aseptics and clinical trials)

Integrated Care System; Redditch; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

An Integrated Care System is seeking a Senior Pharmacy Technician in Redditch to join their pharmacy cancer team. This role involves supporting clinical trials, maintaining aseptic services, and ensuring compliance with pharmaceutical guidelines. Candidates should be GPHC registered and possess strong communication skills along with adequate experience in clinical trials. Competitive salary package offered, aligning with NHS Band 5 pay scales.

Qualifications

• Registered Pharmacy Technician with substantial hospital aseptic experience.
• Knowledge of GCP and clinical trials required.
• Ability to maintain compliance with Good Manufacturing Practice.

Responsibilities

• Support lead Clinical Trials Pharmacist in running clinical trials.
• Perform checks on aseptically prepared products.
• Assist in delivering training and educational programmes for staff.

Skills

Strong GMP knowledge

Excellent communication skills

Strong interpersonal skills

Education

GCSE grade A to C in English and Maths

UK GPHC registered pharmacy technician

Job description

Go back Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Senior Pharmacy Technician (aseptics and clinical trials)

The closing date is 08 August 2025

As a key member of the pharmacy cancer team, you will be encouraged to be innovative and forward looking and will work closely with the Pharmacy Aseptic Team to maintain and improve our high standards. The successful candidate needs to be highly computer literate. Our aseptic facility benefits from two pharmaceutical isolators and a friendly and hard-working team of technicians and ATO staff.

You will be a registered Pharmacy Technician with substantial hospital aseptic experience including strong GMP knowledge. You will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

This role is integral to the maintenance and optimisation of our clinical trial portfolio and aseptic services

Main duties of the job

• Support the lead Clinical Trials Pharmacist in the running of clinical trials including receiving IMPs and development of SOPs
• Knowledge and awareness of GCP along with experience working with clinical trialsis essential for this role.
• Ensure that, under the direction of the Specialist Lead Pharmacist and Technician (aseptic services), the principles of Good Manufacturing Practice, Health and Safety at Work legislation, SOPs and pharmaceutical guidelines relevant to aseptic and non-sterile dispensing are created and implemented to ensure that the service is risk managed for staff and patients.
• Undertake pre and in process checks on aseptically prepared products following accreditation.
• Undertake within SOPs the final accuracy checking of dispensed medicines including pre-packed and overlabelled items.
• Assist in the development of and the delivery of training and educational programmes for technical staff and students, which are competency-based, in line with national and regional standards, and internally, accredited for quality assurance, risk management and indemnity.
• Ensure all procedures, policies and assessments are up-dated and compliant with COSHH Regulations under the direction of the lead technician.

About us

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a largeacute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acuteservices to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to alarger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services fromthree sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and ourcaring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centredcare. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people towork with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin oureveryday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Being open and honest

Ensuring people feel cared for

Showing respect to everyone

We are proud to have achieved Timewiseaccreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible workingwithin our organisation as a flex positive employer.

DBS Checks and Costs

Any applicants who are offered posts requiring aDBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check(at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in SupportingInformation section for more details on DBS checks and costs.

Job responsibilities

PostTitle: Pharmacy Technician Sterile, Non sterile manufacturing and Clinicaltrials

PayBand: Band 5

Hours: 37.5

Contract: Permanent

Accountable to: Lead Clinical Pharmacist Cancer andAseptic services

Reports to:Lead ClinicalPharmacist Cancer and Aseptic services

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Key Working Relationships:

Liaises with:

Work withLead Aseptic Technician in delivering on Quality Assurance aspects of aseptic services

The AH procurement team to resolveany shortages that may affect service provision.

Other Technical staff managers withinthe AH pharmacy department to ensure the appropriate allocation and use oftechnical staff against competing workload pressures.

Specialist Pharmacists includingclinical trials and cancer services.

Pharmacy technicians, pharmacy assistants,student technicians as required

Please refer to the attached Job Description for a more detailed overview

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Candidate will need to be a UK GPHC registered pharmacy technician
• GCSE grade A to C in English and Maths

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust